COLIN France,a former National table tennis champion and current coach, rolled back the years on Sunday, at the National Gymnasium, to capture the “Handicap” category of the 2019 Forbes Burnham Memorial Table Tennis competition.
France began the final match with a -4 handicap, and fought hard to defeat Roger McClenon in straight sets of 11-8, 11-9 and 11-9, to capture the 2019 crown.

Earlier in the day, the eventual champion passed a stern test by Devon Richmond in the semi-finals, which went the distance with France taking the match 3-2, after surging his way back from being a set down at 1-2. The scores in the semi-final were 9-11, 11-9, 7-11, 11-7 and 11-7.
Enroute to the final, Mc Clenon got past Remy Taitt 14-12, 8-11, 12-10, 8-11, 11-8 to set up the clash with France.

The competition will come to a close on Friday with the conclusion of the ‘C’ class, ‘B’ class and under – 21 categories, which reached the round of 16 on Sunday.